Project: Wonderful Philippines
by Mary Ann T. Vallente , supported by #GLOBEProjectWonderful2014 "If there is one thing you can give to the Philippines, what is that gift?" If I had all the riches in this world, I wouldn't give anything to our country, Philippines. What for? Our nation is already blessed with intelligent, brave, talented and creative citizens. Not to mention the diverse and vast natural resources that had once made it a battlefield of foreign forces. It also has a very colorful and remarkable history.The navigator who manned the first ever circumnavigation of the globe, Ferdinand Magellan, was killed here (and the list goes on and on). If I had the riches in the world, I would trade it for supernatural power so I can be the Philippine’s fairy godmother. But there’s no way I will bestow material wealth as a gift because I know it will only be controlled by a few people in the super class who will just invoke their right against self- incrimination in
